diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c15b23..f6dffa0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BANGERD_BIN ?= $(BUILD_BIN_DIR)/bangerd
 VSOCK_AGENT_BIN ?= $(BUILD_BIN_DIR)/banger-vsock-agent
 BINARIES := $(BANGER_BIN) $(BANGERD_BIN) $(VSOCK_AGENT_BIN)
 GO_SOURCES := $(shell find cmd internal -type f -name '*.go' | sort)
-VOID_IMAGE_NAME ?= void-exp
+VOID_IMAGE_NAME ?= void
 VOID_VM_NAME ?= void-dev
 ALPINE_RELEASE ?= 3.23.3
 ALPINE_IMAGE_NAME ?= alpine
diff --git a/examples/void-exp.config.toml b/examples/void.config.toml
similarity index 70%
rename from examples/void-exp.config.toml
rename to examples/void.config.toml
index 1266ada..85375cc 100644
--- a/examples/void-exp.config.toml
+++ b/examples/void.config.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Experimental Void Linux guest profile for local testing.
 #
-# Register or promote a complete `void-exp` image first, then point the daemon
+# Register or promote a complete `void` image first, then point the daemon
 # at it by name. Firecracker is resolved from PATH by default; set
 # `firecracker_bin` only if you need an override.
 
-default_image_name = "void-exp"
+default_image_name = "void"
 # firecracker_bin = "/usr/bin/firecracker"
 # ssh_key_path = "/abs/path/to/private/key"
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index 1934c6a..d4afe50 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ log_level = "debug"
 web_listen_addr = ""
 firecracker_bin = "/opt/firecracker"
 ssh_key_path = "/tmp/custom-key"
-default_image_name = "void-exp"
+default_image_name = "void"
 auto_stop_stale_after = "1h"
 stats_poll_interval = "15s"
 metrics_poll_interval = "30s"
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ default_dns = "9.9.9.9"
 	if cfg.SSHKeyPath != "/tmp/custom-key" {
 		t.Fatalf("SSHKeyPath = %q", cfg.SSHKeyPath)
 	}
-	if cfg.DefaultImageName != "void-exp" {
+	if cfg.DefaultImageName != "void" {
 		t.Fatalf("DefaultImageName = %q", cfg.DefaultImageName)
 	}
 	if cfg.AutoStopStaleAfter != time.Hour {
diff --git a/internal/daemon/daemon_test.go b/internal/daemon/daemon_test.go
index 1f5780e..af8058d 100644
--- a/internal/daemon/daemon_test.go
+++ b/internal/daemon/daemon_test.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestPromoteImageCopiesBootArtifactsIntoArtifactDir(t *testing.T) {
 	db := openDaemonStore(t)
 	image := model.Image{
 		ID:         "img-promote",
-		Name:       "void-exp",
+		Name:       "void",
 		Managed:    false,
 		RootfsPath: rootfs,
 		KernelPath: kernel,
diff --git a/internal/webui/server_test.go b/internal/webui/server_test.go
index bbe6f0c..8e44dbb 100644
--- a/internal/webui/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/webui/server_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestDashboardPageRendersSummaryAndTables(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		vms:    []model.VMRecord{{ID: "vm-1", Name: "smth", State: model.VMStateRunning, CreatedAt: model.Now(), Runtime: model.VMRuntime{GuestIP: "172.16.0.2"}, Spec: model.VMSpec{VCPUCount: 2, MemoryMiB: 1024, WorkDiskSizeBytes: 8 << 30}}},
-		images: []model.Image{{ID: "img-1", Name: "void-exp", Managed: true, RootfsPath: "/tmp/rootfs.ext4", CreatedAt: model.Now()}},
+		images: []model.Image{{ID: "img-1", Name: "void", Managed: true, RootfsPath: "/tmp/rootfs.ext4", CreatedAt: model.Now()}},
 	}
 
 	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestDashboardPageRendersSummaryAndTables(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
 	}
 	body := rec.Body.String()
-	for _, want := range []string{"vCPU", "2 / 8", "1G / 16G", "8G / 20G", "9G free", "smth", "void-exp", "Create VM"} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"vCPU", "2 / 8", "1G / 16G", "8G / 20G", "9G free", "smth", "void", "Create VM"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("body missing %q\n%s", want, body)
 		}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestVMShowPageRendersRunningActions(t *testing.T) {
 				WorkDiskBytes:      32 << 20,
 			},
 		},
-		image: model.Image{ID: "img-1", Name: "void-exp"},
+		image: model.Image{ID: "img-1", Name: "void"},
 		ports: api.VMPortsResult{
 			Name: "smth",
 			Ports: []api.VMPort{
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestVMListShowsImageNameAndLink(t *testing.T) {
 			{ID: "vm-1", Name: "smth", ImageID: "img-1", State: model.VMStateRunning, CreatedAt: model.Now(), Spec: model.VMSpec{VCPUCount: 2, MemoryMiB: 1024, WorkDiskSizeBytes: 8 << 30}},
 		},
 		images: []model.Image{
-			{ID: "img-1", Name: "void-exp"},
+			{ID: "img-1", Name: "void"},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestVMListShowsImageNameAndLink(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200", rec.Code)
 	}
 	body := rec.Body.String()
-	for _, want := range []string{">void-exp</a>", "href=\"/images/img-1\""} {
+	for _, want := range []string{">void</a>", "href=\"/images/img-1\""} {
 		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("body missing %q\n%s", want, body)
 		}
diff --git a/scripts/make-rootfs-void.sh b/scripts/make-rootfs-void.sh
index 681b967..b8f62da 100755
--- a/scripts/make-rootfs-void.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-rootfs-void.sh
@@ -590,4 +590,4 @@ log "building work-seed $WORK_SEED"
 BUILD_DONE=1
 log "built experimental Void rootfs: $OUT_ROOTFS"
 log "built experimental Void work-seed: $WORK_SEED"
-log "use examples/void-exp.config.toml as the local config override template"
+log "use examples/void.config.toml as the local config override template"
diff --git a/scripts/register-void-image.sh b/scripts/register-void-image.sh
index 3ffb8a2..0cc0719 100755
--- a/scripts/register-void-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/register-void-image.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ resolve_banger_bin() {
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
 RUNTIME_DIR="${BANGER_MANUAL_DIR:-$REPO_ROOT/build/manual}"
-IMAGE_NAME="${VOID_IMAGE_NAME:-void-exp}"
+IMAGE_NAME="${VOID_IMAGE_NAME:-void}"
 BANGER_BIN="$(resolve_banger_bin)"
 ROOTFS="$RUNTIME_DIR/rootfs-void.ext4"
 WORK_SEED="$RUNTIME_DIR/rootfs-void.work-seed.ext4"
diff --git a/scripts/verify.sh b/scripts/verify.sh
index 8546ef6..64a20dd 100755
--- a/scripts/verify.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify.sh
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Usage: ./scripts/verify.sh [--nat] [--image <name>]
 
 Run a basic smoke test for the Go VM workflow.
 Use --nat to additionally verify outbound NAT and host rule cleanup.
-Use --image to verify a non-default image such as void-exp.
+Use --image to verify a non-default image such as void.
 EOF
 }